Britain’s Floating Shop Window
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Floating Shop Window. DESCRIPTION: The luxurious motor yacht Northwind, off from Southampton on another trade mission in search of new markets for British goods. She carries export products from over fifty British firms. SHOTLIST: KS MS motor yacht taken from launch pulling away from former. Aboard motor yacht, below decks, various displays of British goods for export, viz, umbrellas, sheets, blankets, nylons, cosmetics, haberdashery etc. Girls trying on coats etc. Owner of yacht looks on. Cabinets of shoes, etc. On deck, women look at various woollens. Crew dressed in white jumpers. Leaving Southampton, motor yacht gets under way in the background can be seen the "Queen Mary", "Pretoria Castle" & several other ship lying in the docks.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Scotland or Yorkshire.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Business and commerce
- Locations
- Southampton
- Card file number
- 53500
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 101
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How to cite this record
'Britain’s Floating Shop Window', British Movietone News Issue No. 1087A, 6 Apr 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16306 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)